I have been terrible about getting before and after pics of the projects I do. I'm trying to build a portfolio, but it's hard to do when I keep forgetting to take pics. Just before Christmas, I was working with a client on her keeping room and family room. Then last month, I helped a client with her office, master bedroom, and bath. We found an incredible deal on window treatments! The hardest thing about interior decorating in a small town is how limited we are on shopping. This client showed me a lamp online that she wanted to order. I told her to check TJ Maxx and Hobby Lobby first. You can almost always find a similar lamp for a quarter of the price. Also, it's easier to return if it doesn't work and there is no shipping fee! She found this at TJ Maxx and it's almost identical to the lamp she originally found online! She originally had this table filled with lots of small frames and 2 candlestick lamps. We replaced the two smaller lamps with the one larger one, decluttered the chest, and pulled the leopard vases from the coffee table. We staggered them using books and added twig lighting for balance. We also moved the chest over to the right a bit which will allow us to move the picture up higher and recenter it. (That's her husband's homework:)
